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Beechdale Centre vs Forrester Street Medical Centre
Two GP practices in the same primary care network, a short way apart. Side by side, with the margin of error on every figure.
Can the survey tell them apart?
Beechdale Centre’s Practice Grade is clearly higher than Forrester Street Medical Centre’s: its likely range lies wholly above.
Side by side
| Measure | Beechdale CentreWS2 7HS | Forrester Street Medical CentreWS2 9PL |
|---|---|---|
| Practice Grade (the 2026 GP Patient Survey and NHS appointment and phone data) | ||
| Practice Grade | 86.0likely range 82.7 to 88.495 survey answersClearly higher | 72.5likely range 58.7 to 82.680 survey answers |
| Label (against the England average) | Clearly above the England average | Cannot be told apart from the England average |
| Patients who describe the practice as good | 87.7%likely range 84.1% to 90.5%, 95 answersClearly higher | 69.4%likely range 49.9% to 83.8%, 80 answers |
| Access (mean of the two below) | 81.8%likely range 74.9% to 86.6% | 79.4%likely range 74.0% to 83.2% |
| Appointments within two weeks of booking | 93.9%likely range 84.6% to 97.7%, 884 appointments | 88.9%likely range 83.5% to 92.7%, 2,770 appointments |
| Calls answered by the practice | 69.7%likely range 59.3% to 78.4%, 1,782 calls | Not in the grade: no phone data |
| More survey questions (not part of the grade) | ||
| Getting through on the phone | 76.6%likely range 72.3% to 80.5%, 93 answers | 43.7%likely range 25.9% to 63.3%, 74 answers |
| Reception and admin team | 97.0%likely range 94.9% to 98.3%, 96 answers | 81.4%likely range 62.3% to 92.0%, 78 answers |
| Having a preferred professional | 22.6%likely range 18.8% to 26.9%, 93 answers | 31.1%likely range 16.6% to 50.7%, 79 answers |
| Seeing your preferred professional | Not shown: fewer than 30 answers | Not shown: fewer than 30 answers |
| Knowing the next step | 92.7%likely range 89.6% to 94.9%, 86 answers | 78.4%likely range 57.6% to 90.6%, 69 answers |
| Contacting the practice | 83.3%likely range 79.3% to 86.6%, 91 answers | 62.7%likely range 42.9% to 79.0%, 76 answers |
| Wait for an appointment | 91.0%likely range 87.6% to 93.6%, 83 answers | 67.0%likely range 46.6% to 82.5%, 73 answers |
| Being listened to | 95.3%likely range 92.8% to 97.0%, 90 answers | 86.0%likely range 67.1% to 94.9%, 75 answers |
| Care and concern | 92.1%likely range 89.0% to 94.4%, 90 answers | 82.7%likely range 63.2% to 93.0%, 74 answers |
| Confidence and trust | 98.7%likely range 96.9% to 99.4%, 88 answers | 90.3%likely range 72.3% to 97.1%, 75 answers |
| Involvement in decisions | 96.2%likely range 93.9% to 97.7%, 89 answers | 93.5%likely range 75.5% to 98.5%, 70 answers |
| Needs met | 96.7%likely range 94.5% to 98.1%, 89 answers | 84.7%likely range 65.6% to 94.2%, 75 answers |
| Vaccinations and screening (NHS England QOF, not part of the grade) | ||
| Babies at 8 months | 91.1%likely range 79.3% to 96.5%, 45 patients | 82.9%likely range 75.5% to 88.5%, 129 patients |
| Children at 18 months | 84.6%likely range 70.3% to 92.8%, 39 patients | 90.2%likely range 83.9% to 94.2%, 132 patients |
| Children at 5 years | 83.0%likely range 69.9% to 91.1%, 47 patients | 85.4%likely range 78.7% to 90.3%, 144 patients |
| Women aged 25 to 49 | 73.0%likely range 69.1% to 76.6%, 534 patients | 53.2%likely range 51.0% to 55.4%, 1,957 patients |
| Women aged 50 to 64 | 73.4%likely range 67.2% to 78.8%, 222 patients | 68.4%likely range 64.5% to 72.1%, 564 patients |
| Facts (NHS England, not part of the grade) | ||
| Registered patients | 3,158August 2026 | 9,667August 2026 |
| Primary care network | Walsall South 1 PCN | Walsall South 1 PCN |
| Phone | 01922 605260 | 01922 211263 |
| Friends and Family Test (its own feedback) | No results for June 2026 | 92.8% good or very good97 answers, June 2026 |
| Appointments (one month) | 1,716 in August 2026Same day 54.9%; face to face 41.8% | 6,378 in August 2026Same day 62.1%; face to face 84.8% |
| Antibiotic items per STAR-PU (one year) | 0.86England 0.74, April 2025 to March 2026 | 0.70England 0.74, April 2025 to March 2026 |
| GPs (full-time equivalent) | 1.7 qualified permanent1.7 including trainees and locums1,895 patients per permanent GP | 0.1 qualified permanent6.3 including trainees and locums |
| CQC rating (a separate source) | Good | Good |
“Clearly higher” appears only when a practice’s likely range lies wholly above every other practice’s here. When the ranges overlap, the survey cannot tell the practices apart and nobody is pointed out. A practice never gets a mark for being lower.
The Practice Grade weighs the survey and access, from NHS appointment and phone data; the other survey questions are from the 2026 GP Patient Survey. The facts are from NHS England, the Care Quality Commission and OHID, are not part of the grade, and are shown as each practice’s own record. NHS England advises against ranking practices on the Friends and Family Test or on appointment figures, and we point nothing out in the facts, vaccination or screening rows.
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Sources
- 2026 GP Patient Survey: https://www.gp-patient.co.uk/
- Contains information from NHS England, licenced under the current version of the Open Government Licence
- Contains information from the Care Quality Commission, licensed under the Open Government Licence. CQC must be acknowledged as the source of the data; CQC is not responsible for our analysis.
- Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Antibiotic prescribing: UK Health Security Agency and Office for Health Improvement and Disparities (Fingertips), from NHS Business Services Authority prescribing data.